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Sara Says He’s Sharp, Tests Say He’s Faking: The Duterte Family’s Memory Paradox Explodes
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Continue reading →: Sara Says He’s Sharp, Tests Say He’s Faking: The Duterte Family’s Memory Paradox ExplodesThe Coin That Broke the Dementia Camel’s Back By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 21, 2025 MGA ka-kweba, imagine the moment: A former president, known for his sharp tongue and fearless leadership, suddenly turns into a “feeble old man” who can no longer think straight. Dementia, they say. Can’t…
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Bam Aquino’s CADENA Dream: Turning Kickback Cash into Eternal Digital Confessions
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Continue reading →: Bam Aquino’s CADENA Dream: Turning Kickback Cash into Eternal Digital ConfessionsImmutable Receipts for Mutable Morals: How One Senator Plans to Eternalize the Grift By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 20, 2025 IN THE wake of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)’ multibillion-peso flood control fiasco—complete with “ghost” projects that exist only on paper and kickbacks “voluntarily” returned…
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Frederick Go’s Excel Wet Dream: Chasing a World Bank Checkbox While the Peso Tanks and Billions Vanish
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Continue reading →: Frederick Go’s Excel Wet Dream: Chasing a World Bank Checkbox While the Peso Tanks and Billions VanishThe Tycoon’s Technocrat Tango: Selling Rebound While the Gallery Burns and the Peso Bleeds By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 21, 2025 UYY, the coveted Upper Middle-Income Country (UMIC) status—the administration’s favorite spreadsheet cell, that shimmering economic Holy Grail chased with all the fervor of a gambler convinced the…
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From “10,000 Projects Will Die” to “We’ll Make Do” – A Love Story in Budget Flip-Flops
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Continue reading →: From “10,000 Projects Will Die” to “We’ll Make Do” – A Love Story in Budget Flip-FlopsDirected by Vince Dizon: A Heartwarming Tale of Apologies, Insufficient Data, and Heroic Austerity By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 20, 2025 SECRETARY Vince Dizon wants a round of applause for agreeing to do his job with only 60% of the requested budget. Such a martyr for arithmetic. Meanwhile,…
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LTFRB Bows to Baricuatro’s Outrage: EV Taxi Rollout Paused, Consultation Carnival Scheduled for January
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Continue reading →: LTFRB Bows to Baricuatro’s Outrage: EV Taxi Rollout Paused, Consultation Carnival Scheduled for JanuaryFrom Imperial Diktat to Deferential Delay: LTFRB and GSM Grovel Before Cebu’s Procedural Priestess By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 20, 2025 MGA ka-kweba, gather ’round for another episode of Philippine regulatory comedy, this time starring the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) as the Lords of Franchise…
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Cabral’s Final Insertion: A 30-Meter Drop into the Allocables Abyss
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Continue reading →: Cabral’s Final Insertion: A 30-Meter Drop into the Allocables AbyssWhen Budget Insertions Meet Terminal Velocity By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 19, 2025 AH, the perfect retirement plan for a pioneering DPWH undersecretary: after decades of building flood walls that never quite held, Maria Catalina Cabral decides to test gravity personally. She has her driver drop her solo…
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How Speaker Dy Turned the DPWH into His Personal Billion-Peso ATM—And Called It “Due Process”
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Continue reading →: How Speaker Dy Turned the DPWH into His Personal Billion-Peso ATM—And Called It “Due Process”The Suansing Sisters’ Bonus Round: Because Family Deserves the Biggest Cuts By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 19, 2025 MGA ka-kweba, fellow citizens, fellow taxpayers who have been fleeced, Just days after the bicameral conference that was supposedly “transparent” and “livestreamed,” the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) report…
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Suansing Defends the Indefensible: ₱51 Billion for Patronage, Zero for PhilHealth—Because Dignity is Overrated
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Continue reading →: Suansing Defends the Indefensible: ₱51 Billion for Patronage, Zero for PhilHealth—Because Dignity is OverratedThe Real Game: Graft, Votes, and Keeping PhilHealth on Life Support By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 19, 2025 BRAVO, Congress! In a stroke of pure genius, you’ve turned healthcare into a medieval begging ritual: a desperate mother drags her burning-hot child to queue outside your district office at…
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Kailangan ba ng Batas Laban sa Dinastiya ang ChaCha? Kung Allergic Ka Lamang sa Tunay na Reporma
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Continue reading →: Kailangan ba ng Batas Laban sa Dinastiya ang ChaCha? Kung Allergic Ka Lamang sa Tunay na RepormaGamot ni Garbin: Magreseta ng Constitutional Surgery para sa isang 38-Taong Gulang na Galos Ni Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo — December 18, 2025 MGA ka-kweba, mga kapwa martir sa pulitika ng Pilipinas na parang walang-katapusang telenovela at masayang pagwawakas: Maligayang pagbabalik sa Kweba ni Barok. Ngayon, pag-usapan natin si Ako…
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The Tulfo-Herbosa FDA Fiasco: Governing by Macho Dare in the Age of Viral Outrage
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Continue reading →: The Tulfo-Herbosa FDA Fiasco: Governing by Macho Dare in the Age of Viral OutrageGrandstanding vs. Due Process: Why Viral Outrage Isn’t a Legal Hammer By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 18, 2025 MGA ka-kweba, behold the Philippine political arena—where budget hearings double as gladiatorial spectacles, and public health regulation is reduced to a macho challenge: “Prove it, and I’ll fire the guy”…
